Insole for boots and shoes.



vNoi 861,497. PATENTBD JULY'so, 1967.

M. BROCK. v

INSOLE FOR BOOTS AND'SHOES. APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 18,1900.

UNITED srnrhsiilrnnr onirica MATTHIAS BROOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATEItSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OI" NEW JERSEY.

INSOLE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July eo, 1907.

ippumlon med June 13,1900. serial No. 20,617.

To all it may concern:

B'e it known that I, MATTHIAS BROCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be. a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thepresent invention relates generally to improvements in insoles for boots' and shoes, and more particularly to improvements in insoles for welted boots or shoes. l

It has been proposed in the prior art to make an insole for welted boots or lshoes of two layersv oi-material, stitched together alongthe shank and iorepart by a seam located a uniform idistance from the edge, the portion oi one of said layers outside the seam being turned up to form the lip, the corresponding portion of the other layer forming the feather.

The above-described form of insolehas been found ,objectionable in that the seam kwhich linites the layers lies `along the inner lface otthe soie 'and nbxt the bot of the wearer, and for the flirther reason that unless the layer which is turned up to form the lip is |of sub'stantial Nthickness, the lip is not strong' enough to hold the' inseam.

The object of the present invention is to remedy the above objections and generally: to improve nsoles of the type hereinbeiore referred to, and to that end it consists of an improved insole embodying the novel In the drawings A represents the inner layer'or body portion of the insole, which may be of leather,

' leather board'or-,other suitable material, and B reprel sents the outer layer which also maybe of leather or The layers A and B, asl pIeerabIyConstructed, comprise heel portions correother suitable material.

spending substantially in shape and size,- and along the shank Iand forepart that portion of the layer B immediately adjacent to its edge is turned up to form the lip b, the edge portion of the layerA projecting beyond the base of the lip b and forming the feather a. The" layer B` may be and preferably is of much thinner stock than the layer A, and to make the lip b of-sulcient strength to receive the inseam, I provide between the layers A and B a reinforcing covering O oi canvas or other suitable material, which prcierably extends side of the lip b. In this connection I desire to state that while itis essential that the covering C should extend between the layers A and B a sufficient distance to provide for its being firmly secured in position it is not essential to my invention in its broadestiorm face oi layer B, and it may be omitted from the central portion without a material departure there- 4from, The reinforcing covering O ink my preferred construction is cemented to both of the'layers Aand B and said layers are thereby more securely held together than if merely cemented together without such intervening material, said material serving to hold the `cement and forming a strongbondbetween said layers. In the preferred form oi my invention', I also provide a reinforcing strip D which covers the inner side of the v lip b andextends from the base of the lip b along the face oi the layer B a suiiicient distance to enable itto be rmly secured thereto. The strip D may be an independent strip or may be formed by folding the covering C over the edge of layer B and securing the foldedover portion to the upper surface oi said layer.

In making the insole, the covering C and the strip D are preferably applied to the layer B before the lip b is turned up (see Figs. 2 and 3), they may however be applied afterwards'.

method oi making it, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States. l:

l. An insole comprising' two layers of iirm material of ,Which vthe margins form respectively the lip and the feather, and an intermediate layer of relatively pliable material coextenslve with the lip-forming layer and secured t the 11p, substantiauy as described.

2. An insole comprising two layers of rm material, of

which the margins form respectively the lip and the feather, and an intermediate layer of relatively pliable material cemented to the opposed surfaces of the. outer layers and to the ontei side of the lip, substantially 'as described. 3. An insole comprising twolayers of leather of which the margins form respectively the lip and the feather, and an intermediate layer` of textile material secured to the other luayers and to the lip, substantially as described.

ALAAn insole comprising two layers of leather, leather board or the like, of which the margins form respectively the lip and the feather, and an intermediatelz'iyer of textile material cemented to the outer layers and fornhng a uniting bond therefor, substantlallyas described. l

5'. An insole comprising alternate layers of firm and relatively pliable material secured together by cemenboi which the margins form, respectively, the feather, a reinfdi'cement for the outer side of the lip, the lip, and a relnforcement for the inner side bvreof, substantially as descrlbed. l I

6. An insolecomprising two layers of leather:` of which across the inner face of layer'B and covers the outer.

so i

that, the covering -G should extend clear across the j Having thus described my improved insole and the ,ttlerTrTl'Z/ns form respectively thel lip andthe feather, the thereto and secured between v the adjacent faces f the- 10 l"lip forming layer belngthlnner than the feather.' forming' leather layer's, snbstantlally a's described.

stantizrlly as descrlbed.

'layer andV being reinforced at its marginal po1tion^ l.5z` a In testimony whe'ref I ajI'Lmy signature, ln presence ot layer of textile materialcemented thereto and secured to two witnesses. Y v` v the lip and between the layers ofleathelby cement, sulm-` -VMATE'HS ROCK l 7. An insole comprising two layers of leather of vwhich Witnesses: j V

the margins form respectively the lip and thefeather and 1 HovBAcnvVAw JDVERILN,` l

a layer of textile material-for reinforcing the lip secured :ALFBED. HJ HIILDBE'KH.' 

